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Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

KJV

sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.

Vulgate

ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός.

LXX

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

ASV

כִּ֤י אִ֥ם בְּ/תוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֗ה חֶ֫פְצ֥/וֹ וּֽ/בְ/תוֹרָת֥/וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָ/לָֽיְלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
חֵ֖פֶץ
chpts
noun · 36×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
yhgh
verb · 25×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The blessed Paul wishes to show in the next place that this covenant is far better than the old. This then he does by first laying down remote considerations. For inasmuch as there was nothing bodily or that made a show, no temple for instance, nor Holy of Holies, nor Priest with so great apparel, no legal observances, but all things higher and more perfect, and there was no…
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. This Psalm, which is a preface to the whole book, shows that true blessedness consists not in worldly prosperity but in the fear and obedience of God. The righteous man is compared to a tree planted by rivers of water — his life is sustained by the Word of God. The wicked, by contrast, are like chaff which the w…
Thus we have the Ten Commandments, a summary of divine teaching, of what we are to do in order that our whole life may be pleasing to God, and the true fountain and channel from and in which everything must arise and flow that is to be a good work. Outside of the Ten Commandments no work or thing can be good or pleasing to God, however great or precious it be in the eyes of the…
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…
Q. But can those converted to God obey these commandments perfectly? A. No. In this life even the holiest have only a small beginning of this obedience. Nevertheless, with all seriousness of purpose, they do begin to live according to all, not only some, of God's commandments.

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
  • 1Kgs 2:3 — And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest
  • 1Thess 2:9 — For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
  • 1Tim 4:13 — Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
  • 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
  • 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
  • 2Chr 31:21 — And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • 2Tim 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Deut 17:19 — And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
  • Ezra 7:10 — For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
  • Gen 24:63 — And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
  • Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
  • Jer 15:16 — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Job 23:12 — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
  • Luke 2:37 — And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Ps 37:31 — The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
  • Ps 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
  • Ps 88:1 — O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
  • Ps 104:34 — My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
  • Ps 104:34 — My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
  • Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Ps 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 119:16 — I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
  • Ps 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
  • Ps 119:47 — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
  • Ps 119:48 — My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:72 — The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Ps 119:77 — Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
  • Ps 119:78 — Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:92 — Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
  • Ps 119:97 — O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
  • Ps 119:97 — O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.